2 Chronicles 10:5-7

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⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people left.

⁶ King Rehoboam ·asked [consulted] the elders who had advised Solomon during his lifetime, “How do you ·think I should [advise/counsel me to] answer these people?”

⁷ They answered, “·Be kind [^LIf you are fair] to these people. If you please them and give them a ·kind [cordial] answer, they will serve you always.”